This earthquake severely rocked the lower North Island on June 24 1942, causing extensive damage to local buildings.
| PublicID | 1584843 |
| UTC Time | 1942-06-24T11:16:29Z |
| Latitude | -40.96 (± 0.1 km) |
| Longitude | 175.69 (± 0.1 km) |
| Depth | 12 km (± 0 km) |
| Depth Type | operator assigned |
| Earth Model | nz1dr |
| Used Phase Count | 6 |
| Used Station Count | 5 |
| Standard Error | 0.63 (s) |
| Azimuthal Gap | 186.00 (degrees) |
| Minimum Distance | 0.77 (degrees) |
| Type | Magnitude | Station Count |
| Preferred (Mw) | 6.9 | |
| ML | 6.5 | 0 |
| MS | 7.2 | 0 |
| Mw | 6.9 | 0 |
GeoNet combines magnitudes into a summary magnitude, M, which consists of a weighted average of the individual magnitudes and attempts to be a best possible compromise between all magnitudes for a range of earthquake sizes.
Summary magnitude for GeoNet is then defined as:
M = (2 * MLv + (0.4 * number_of stations(Mw(mB)) - 1) * Mw(mB)) / (2 + (0.4 * number_of_stations(Mw(mB)) - 1))
Where MLv is local magnitude calculated on the vertical component and Mw(mB) is a Mw estimation based of mB by Bormann and Saul (2008).
Map showing stations with picks used to locate the earthquake. Stations with picks that have a zero weight in the solution are shown as small grey circles. Those with a higher weight are shown as larger circles. The quake is shown by the largest circle.
